Hi you all, Jeff's playlists help me doing the usual Saturday morning house clean up a more pleasant experience

Sat. 1/25/14 7:16am
Sem Chumbo:
Good morning, doca. When you mentioned shenanigans, I realized I did not know really what it meant. So I looked in the Urban Dictionary and got this:An official declaration made by patrons of an establishment who feel they have been cheated. Once a charge of shenanigans has been accepted by an authority figure, said patrons are free to assault the owners of said establishment with brooms.

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Sat. 1/25/14 7:23am
doca:
I looked further and now I got it. In Brazil we have many words for it (as deceitfulness is a very common thing in Brazilian day-to-day), but one exact translation of shenanigans would be "marmelada". Marmelada, of course, is marmalade, but you can say it after someone got the an unjust advantage on a business or competition. Then people scream "Marmelada!", I don't know if they go physical afterwards, though

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Sat. 1/25/14 7:25am
BigLankyGeordie:
In little old England, shenanigans, usually just means 'funny goings on' - as they say England and America, two countries divided by a common language! ;-)

Sat. 1/25/14 7:38am
Sem Chumbo:
While working on a novel about a private investigator unable to get anywhere with a case, I traveled to Portugal and in re-fueling the rental car for the first time, I saw sem chumbo.It hit me,"no lead" described the characters major problem.

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Sat. 1/25/14 7:44am
doca:
Haha great way to think about a username. What's the novel? Did you wrote it?

Sat. 1/25/14 7:47am
from Quebec:
in Italian that would be "senza piombo" - quite similar!

Sat. 1/25/14 7:51am
Sem Chumbo:
@doca: yet another "drawer novel", 65,000 words in and then, like Sem, no obvious way forward. I use the name here to remind me the work isn't finished yet.
@ from Quebec: my detective would be far more dashing with a name like that.

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Sat. 1/25/14 7:56am
doca:
@Sem Chumbo: oh that's bad. Have you already had other published works? I think the first one must be the most difficult

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Sat. 1/25/14 7:58am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
- even a Symphony lasts less than an hour; people say Novel Writing is an extended ordeal...

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Sat. 1/25/14 8:00am
doca:
I'm going to the same situation, as I'm trying to publish my master degree's dissertation. But if it fail, I'm thinking of self-publishing. In the academic circles, I think this may be an innovative and wise option (autonomous distribution with a lower price, as I won't gen any money anyway). Unfortunately in fiction things can be harder

Sat. 1/25/14 8:18am
Sem Chumbo:
@doca, sorry, away for a minute making breakfast. Yes, I have published short stories and radio plays for money, and I work mostly as a freelance writer for hire, but the novel(s) are a marathon, where the other things are like the 220/440.

Sat. 1/25/14 8:21am
mike east:
@doca- my good friend is current

Sat. 1/25/14 8:21am
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hi all

Sat. 1/25/14 8:22am
Sem Chumbo:
Self-publishing is certainly innovative, but is that kosher in academic circles?

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Sat. 1/25/14 8:26am
doca:
@Sem: I don't know, but I see a movement towards it, at least that an association of teachers and students could establish an internet publishing house without having to pass through all the publication process a normal editor would require. It's a bet, I guess.

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Sat. 1/25/14 8:30am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...saw a story on PBS Newshour about these Tech people who started a Program that trains tech kids instead of University ; kid on there talking about being in an Astronomy class & it's 45 minutes his competitors are working on business tech. - kind of admire it & think he's a self-important narrow-minded turd @ the same time...sorry - tangential topic...

Sat. 1/25/14 8:35am
Sem Chumbo:
@doca, I think it is ironic that the academic world is SO conservative, resisting change at every turn. Good luck with the dissertation.

Sat. 1/25/14 8:36am
mike east:
I know he was a religion studies major, but I'm not sure specifically what he's studying in Brazil. I turned him onto your blog.

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Sat. 1/25/14 8:40am
doca:
@Sem: it's very conservative, but I like to think that the guys with who I hang out are not so. It was a professor of mine who pointed to self-publication, actually.
@Mike: thanks for showing the blog, I'm just updating it with a major history lesson on 60s Brazil. But tell me more later what he studies, it's always nice to see people from abroad sharing their perspectives on Brazil.

Sat. 1/25/14 8:51am
LovecraftDude888:
oh not awake...as an author and critic myself, I've been most upset about commercial books coming out the past few years with tons of typos and crap copy-editing and quality control. Very disappointing in many cases.

Sat. 1/25/14 8:52am
LovecraftDude888:
I even had a book with one of my pieces in it where my essay was error-free, but the other ones had a lot of typos and such and wasn't proofread very well. It irks!

Sat. 1/25/14 8:54am
Jojodillon:
Daniel Romano is the best...his last solo album is a trip to another era completely.

Sat. 1/25/14 8:54am
LovecraftDude888:
caught tail end of show here...was in dream land.

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Sat. 1/25/14 8:54am
Mike East:
@doca - will do.
Yes, thanks for the tunes this morning. Great start to the day.

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Sat. 1/25/14 8:57am
Mike East:
Think I may have to learn this NY song today.

Sat. 1/25/14 8:57am
LynnsBrother:
This song reminds me of my friend Steve, a Neil Young jukebox. Haven't seen him in 20 yrs.

Sat. 1/25/14 8:57am
Gigio:
Sad Canadian is ever the best

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Sat. 1/25/14 8:58am
listener james from westwood:
@lovecraftdude888: agreed on the typos/copyediting/lack of QC. as a copy editor and proofreader, i find them doubly distracting in finished books. "send them to me before press! i can fix this sort of thing!" i yell.

Fri. 1/31/14 11:10am
van:
I'm still behind

Mon. 2/3/14 10:29am
van:
The tune in the background of "Wild Wood Amber" by Sam Lee...